shadow-boxing
- a word derived from shadow-box.
Example Sentences
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She took up the sport in Tehran, shadow-boxing in the parks or discreetly in boxing rings as women are not allowed to box in Iran.
From BBC • Feb. 11, 2023
After a fair amount of positional shadow-boxing in this Giuoco Piano, Black’s risky central break with 22.
From Washington Times • Nov. 9, 2021
This would move our conflicts away from neverending shadow-boxing and toward resolution in the court of public opinion.
From The Guardian • Oct. 26, 2017
"Es una lastima," trainer Mario "Yuca" Morales confessed after watching one of his fighters dance through a brisk shadow-boxing exercise in the gym's blue-canvas ring.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 28, 2015
It was a stake driven upright in the ground, and he had to fight against it with sword and shield—rather like shadow-boxing, or ««ng a punch-ball.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
